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Movies Like When Seconds Count

If you liked When Seconds Count (1916), a thriller movie directed by J. Gunnis Davis, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Black Widow

    Black Widow (1987)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple…

  2. 2Maniac

    Maniac (1963)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.

  3. 3Conflict

    Conflict (1945)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller

    Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.

  4. 4The Night Stalker

    The Night Stalker (1972)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller

    Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into…

  5. 5Monster

    Monster (2005)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller

    A mother battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the closet, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.

  6. 6Sleep, My Love

    Sleep, My Love (1948)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.

  7. 7No Name on the Bullet

    No Name on the Bullet (1959)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.

  8. 8What's the Matter with Helen?

    What's the Matter with Helen? (1971)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    Two middle-aged women move to Hollywood after their sons are convicted of a notorious murder and open a dance school for children eager to tap their way to stardom.

  9. 9The Naked City

    The Naked City (1948)

    ★ 7.2/10Also thriller

    After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.

  10. 10The Mirror Crack'd

    The Mirror Crack'd (1980)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

  11. 11Safety Last!

    Safety Last! (1923)

    ★ 7.7/10Also thriller

    When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.

  12. 12Nightfall

    Nightfall (1956)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller

    An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.

  13. 13Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned

    Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned (2007)

    ★ 7.6/10Also thriller

    When disaster hits the Titanic, the Doctor uncovers a threat to the whole human race. Battling alongside aliens, saboteurs, robot Angels and a new friend called Astrid, can he stop the Christmas inferno?

  14. 14Lady in the Lake

    Lady in the Lake (1946)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to…

  15. 15Rebecca

    Rebecca (1940)

    ★ 7.9/10Also thriller

    Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips…

  16. 16Peeping Tom

    Peeping Tom (1960)

    ★ 7.4/10Also thriller

    Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He…

  17. 17Race with the Devil

    Race with the Devil (1975)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller

    Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.

  18. 18Cul-de-sac

    Cul-de-sac (1966)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller

    On the run and in search of help, two wounded gangsters find refuge in the secluded castle of a feeble man and his wife; however, under the point of a gun, nothing is what it seems.

  19. 19Time Without Pity

    Time Without Pity (1957)

    ★ 6.5/10Also thriller

    Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a…

  20. 20The Escapist

    The Escapist (2008)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict twelve years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill, he is determined to make peace with her before it's too late. He develops an…

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